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Melrose Quartet: Live at Cheltenham
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Live at Cheltenham Melrose Quartet MQCD01 (EP, UK, December 2011) |
Recorded live during the Melrose Quartet's festival debut at the Cheltenham Folk Festival in February 2011.
Musicians
Nancy Kerr, fiddle, viola, vocals;
James Fagan, bouzouki, vocals;
Jess Arrowsmith, fiddle, vocals;
Richard Arrowsmith, melodeons, vocals
Tracks
- Margaret Fagan’s 50th Birthday Polka / Cheese Fairy Polka (4.01)
- Hauling On (4.17)
- Pilgrimage (4.15)
- When I First Came to This Land (Roud 16813) (3.44)
- I’m Going to Speke / Battle Swing (3.19)
- John Ball (4.36)
Track 1a James Fagan, Nancy Kerr;
Tracks 1b, 3 Jess Arrowsmith;
Track 2 Nancy Kerr;
Track 4 trad.;
Track 5a Joe Scurfield;
Track 5b Frederic & Jean-Charles Guichen;
Track 6 Sydney Carter
> Folk Music > Records > Melrose Quartet: Fifty Verses
Melrose Quartet: Fifty Verses
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Fifty Verses Melrose Quartet MQCD02 (CD, UK, April 2013) |
Recorded by Andy Bell at Wavelength Studio, Doncaster;
Mixed by Andy Bell;
Mastered by Andy Seward;
Produced by Andy Bell and Melrose Quartet;
Photography by Kirsty Bromley;
Artwork concept and design by Lizzy Doe
Musicians
Nancy Kerr, fiddle, viola, lead vocals [1, 3], vocals;
Jess Arrowsmith, fiddle, lead vocals [4, 12], vocals;
James Fagan, bouzouki, lead vocals [2, 6, 10], vocals;
Richard Arrowsmith, melodeons, lead vocals [8], vocals
Tracks
- Santa Georgia (3.27)
- The Death of Nelson (Roud 18837) (4.18)
- Fifty Verses (5.04)
- Wedding Bells (2.08)
- Tom Tolley’s / Lucy’s Two (5.30)
- Bampton Fair (2.09)
- The Wanton Wife of Castlegate (Roud V14112) (3.44)
- Shepherd’s Song (Roud 284) (2.31)
- Polkas: Margaret Fagan's 50th Birthday / Cheese Fairy (3.47)
- Come and I Will Sing You (Roud 133) (3.47)
- When You Were Born / Rawling's March / March to Prague (7.12)
- Bright Morning Star (Roud 18268) (4.04)
Tracks 1, 3, 5b Nancy Kerr;
Tracks 2, 5a, 7-8, 10, 11a, 12 trad. arr. Melrose Quartet;
Tracks 4, 9b Jess Arrowsmith;
Track 6 Paul Wilson;
Track 9a James Fagan, Nancy Kerr;
Track 11b James Fagan;
Track 11c Richard Arrowsmith
> Folk Music > Records > Melrose Quartet: Dominion
Melrose Quartet: Dominion
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Dominion Melrose Quartet MQCD03 (CD, UK, November 2017) |
Produced by Tom Wright and Melrose Quartet;
Recorded and mixed by Tom Wright in December 2016;
Mastered by Nick Cooke at Nim Mastering;
Artwork and photography by Lizzy Doe
Musicians
Jess Arrowsmith, vocals, fiddle;
Richard Arrowsmith, vocals, melodeons;
James Fagan, vocals, bouzouki, guitar, mandolin;
Nancy Kerr, vocals, fiddle
with
Nigel Holmes, bass
Tracks
- Mariah’s Gone (Roud 3625) (3.29)
- Dominion of the Sword (4.20)
- A Generous Man / Carthy’s March (4.50)
- Hand Me Down (3.37)
- ‘Ware Out Mother (Roud 2551) (3.38)
- Anthem of a Working Mum (2.54)
- Low Quebec (3.16)
- The Seeds of Love (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180) (3.12)
- Rise No More (3.17)
- Davy Cross (3.56)
- The Gallery / The Venus of Levershulme (3.26)
- Good Intentions (2.12)
- Rosslyn Castle (4.05)
- Raise Your Voice (2.48)
Tracks 1, 5, 8, 13 trad.;
Track 2 trad., new words Martin Carthy, James Fagan;
Tracks 3a, 7 James Fagan;
Track 3b Dave Swarbrick;
Tracks 6, 14 Jess Arrowsmith;
Track 8 Nancy Kerr;
Track 10 Paul Davenport;
Track 11 Simon Heywood;
Track 12 Paul Metsers
> Folk Music > Records > Melrose Quartet
Other records with the Melrose Quartet
Pecsaetan,
At One With the Bells,
CD, Seville House SEVCD02, 2011
Various Artists,
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014,
2 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK15, 2014